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Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Senior moments

This is my card for the challenge this week at My Time to Craft.... something that completely slipped my mind until a short time ago! (Senior moment)
The theme is to use scallops, so I was playing around with my Nesties to try to make them fit this rather elongated shaped stamp from Stampin' Up.
After stamping I cut around one end of the image with a long (but not long enough) Nestie rectangle, running the die through almost to the end of the die, but not quite... and then winding back again.
I then took the die off the card and turned it around and placed the die around the other end of the image, lining up the die with the previous die-cuts.

I rolled it through the machine just far enough to meet where it had previously been cut and then wound it back again!
Here you can see that the die-cut is much longer than the original die!


I then repeated the process with the scalloped die, ensuring that the scallops were aligned when I cut the second half.
I like messing around with things like this!
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16 comments:

  1. Jenny10 May 2011 at 18:05

    Great idea and tutorial Chrissie...amazing how you lined it up exactly, these things tend to move at the last minute for me!!!

    Lovely card, how did you make the slots for the ribbon? Is it a punch or by hand? they look so neat:)
    Jenny x

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  2. Crafting Belle10 May 2011 at 18:22

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  3. Crafting Belle10 May 2011 at 18:24

    Hi Chrissie, love the little tutorial, it's right up my street to make things work a little harder for their place in my crafty stash xxx

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  4. Canonbury creations10 May 2011 at 18:36

    Lovely Chrissie, that's a very useful stamp, so effective and I love green! I must try this technique it's so handy to be able to stretch the size.
    I emailed you the alphabet info but if you missed it the die was a long sizzex one that came with special long plates.
    Off to South of France tomorrow so hoping I'm not missing too many exciting challenges!
    Val x

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  5. Suzi B10 May 2011 at 20:24

    You're so clever with the Bug! Not tried this technique yet but I will TFS..
    Love the greens..
    Sue x

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  6. Lynne10 May 2011 at 20:49

    I thought you were talking about me when I saw the title of your post, I seem to be having more and more `senior moments ` lately lol.
    Brilliant tutorial and a super card. Love the ribbon, gorgeous shade of green.
    Lynne xxx

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  7. patriziawithaz10 May 2011 at 21:04

    Chrissie, I mess about - you create !! This is another beauty xx

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  8. Aileen10 May 2011 at 22:20

    Beautiful card and super idea. I'm sure I would have went squint! x

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  9. Rita10 May 2011 at 22:31

    Chrissie, beautiful card and a great tutorial. Thank-You for that. Hugs Rita xxx

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  10. Deborah Frings11 May 2011 at 00:16

    Such an elegant card - I love the stamp and like the way you made your nesties fit the image!! Great colour too!

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  11. Robyn11 May 2011 at 01:51

    Wow`Chrissie! Such a fabulous use of this stamp! Into my faves for sure!

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  12. Cardarian 11 May 2011 at 05:32

    Very clever! Love the card!
    Hugs,
    Cardarian

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  13. Christine L11 May 2011 at 07:49

    Such a simple card but so stunning and effective! I really like your style.... and thank you so much for the tutorial.... Another clever way I'd never have thought of before.. I'm still marvelling over being able to make bigger embossed backgrounds!
    Hugs
    Christine x

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  14. Anonymous11 May 2011 at 09:23

    Loved the card, loved the tutorial what an effective stamp too,very very elegant and clever work!

    Hugs June
    x

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  15. Faith A at Daffodil Cards11 May 2011 at 21:55

    A tip, a tutorial AND a beautiful card, who could ask for more?

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  16. Elizabeth12 May 2011 at 16:48

    Wow, Chrissie, thanks for this great tutorial - I would never have thought of doing that! The finished card is lovely - justifying the fiddling around with the die. The ribbons are the perfect finishing touch. Elizabeth x

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Thank you so much for popping by, I appreciate your comments!
Thanks,
Chrissie